BRITS will head to the polls on December 12 to vote on the UK’s next Prime Minister after Boris Johnson’s call for an election was answered.
More than 20 Conservative MPs have said they will not stand in the December election – but will Theresa May run? Here’s what we know.
Will Theresa May stand in the next election?
Mrs Mayannounced she was resigning as Prime Minister in atearful statementoutside 10 Downing Street on May 24.
She remained leader of theConservative Partyuntil June 7 and as a lame duck Prime Minister until July 23 whenBoris Johnson took over.
Mrs May resumed her role as the MP for Maidenhead.
The last time the former PM spoke about what she would in the election was ahead of the G20 summit in Japan.
She said: Im certainly going to be continuing as the MP for Maidenhead. Im going to stay in parliament and play my role by my own constituents.
Im expecting the next election will be in 2022 and I havent ruled out standing in that next election.
Who among the Conservatives is standing down?
Sir Nicholas Soames, the MP for Mid Sussex and the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, was among those kicked out of the party by Mr Johnson and later welcomed back.
He has said he will stand down.
The other rebels who were brought back into the fold and are also standing down are Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire), Richard Harrington (Watford), Richard Benyon (Newbury).
Sir Michael Fallon, the former defence secretary, is standing down after serving as the MP for Sevenoaks since 1997.
David Lidington, the MP for Aylesbury and de-facto deputy PM under Theresa May, said he was standing down so he can spend more time with his family while he is “still in active and good health”.
Nicky Morgan, the MP for Loughborough and the current culture secretary, decided she would not stand in the next election saying there had been a “clear impact” on her family and “the other sacrifices involved in and the abuse for doing the job of a modern MP”.
Other Tory MPs not seeking re-election
- Claire Perry(Devizes)
- Patrick McLoughlin(Derbyshire Dales),
- Jo Johnson(Orpington),
- Dame Caroline Spelman(Meriden),
- Jeremy Lefroy(Stafford),
- David Jones(Clwyd West)
- Glyn Davies(Montgomeryshire)
- Keith Simpson(Broadland)
- Nick Hurd(Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
- Mark Prisk(Hertford and Stortford)
- Bill Grant(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
- Sir Hugo Swire(East Devon)
- David Tredinnick(Bosworth)
- Mark Field(Cities of London and Westminster)
- Seema Kennedy(South Ribble)
- Sarah Newton(Truro & Falmouth)
- Mims Davies(Eastleigh)
- Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)
- Mim Davies (Eastleigh)
When is the General Election?
On October 29, MPs approved the PM’s call for an election to be held on December 12.
It was Mr Johnson’s fourth attempt to have Parliament agree to have an election after the Labour Party finally blocked the vote three times.
Parliament will shut down from November 6.
When this happens every seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant with those wishing to remain as MPs having to stand in the forthcoming election.
